Recruitment & Selection
With our Search service, we assist organizations in the recruitment & selection of professionals and executives.
A strong executive or director functions optimally with an equally strong assistant by their side. Someone who maintains an overview, sets sharp priorities, and flawlessly senses what is needed, often before it is even made explicit. This role is more than supportive; it is a crucial partnership in which trust, mutual understanding, and a natural click are central. Precisely because this dynamic is so decisive for success, finding the right assistant requires careful and thoughtful recruitment and selection.
What is Public Support Search?
Public Support Search specializes in searching for and finding permanent secretarial reinforcement that seamlessly fits the person, the task, the team dynamics, and the organizational culture. A reliable right- and left-hand, an external memory, and sometimes also the executive’s conscience. We aim for a sustainable placement and therefore dive deep into every assignment. We call that ‘head- and heart-hunting’. This is how we approach it:
We investigate the question behind the question
We speak with management, the board, and those involved within the secretariat. What does this role really require? Where is the pressure? And what personality and competencies are needed for the perfect match?
We recruit and select with head and heart
When selecting candidates, we carefully approach professionals within our network and beyond. Then we first have extensive conversations with them ourselves. Only when we are enthusiastic and convinced do we present assistants who:
- are substantively strong;
- fit the executive or director;
- align with the team;
- are motivated to fulfill this specific position.
We guide the entire process and the start
In addition to finding that one perfect assistant, we also find a smooth start important. That is why we pay extra attention to a good landing. With check-ins and evaluations, we ensure that expectations are clear, so that the collaboration starts well. In this way, we lay a solid foundation aimed at a sustainable partnership.
Recruit a secretary via Public Support Search?
Are you looking for a long-term executive or board assistant who truly strengthens your organization? Do you want to brainstorm about how things can start ‘flowing’ again at your secretariat? Or are you curious if and why outsourcing recruitment and selection is wise in your situation? Let us know. We are ready for you! Do you need temporary reinforcement? Then view our interim and remote solutions.
For which organizations is search suitable and what are the costs?
As a specialist in the field of support in the public and private sectors, we focus very specifically on the recruitment and selection of executive and board assistants, management assistants, and high-level secretarial professionals.
We work for managements and boards within complex environments in:
- municipalities and government organizations
- healthcare and educational institutions
- social organizations
- the business sector
What are the costs of recruitment and selection?
The costs of recruitment and selection depend on the position, the complexity, and the desired process. In a personal conversation, we discuss what is needed, what the process looks like, and which investment fits. No hidden costs, but clear agreements with a solid rationale.
Why outsource recruitment & selection?
The best executive and board assistants are usually not actively looking. They are valued, well-placed, and regularly receive offers. Recruiting personnel in this target group is therefore more difficult than for many other positions.
Outsourcing recruitment and selection means:
- access to a carefully built network of experienced assistants
- an objective view of the question behind the question
- a professional process with attention to people and organization
- time savings for management, the board, and HR
- guarantee of success
Public Support Search (formerly Wijzienje recruitment and selection) has built a network of thousands of professionals in the secretarial profession over the past eight years. And we are still getting to know new top assistants every day. We know their drivers, ambitions, and talents. We use our experience to match carefully, with an eye for both the wishes of the assistant and the client.
How do we view recruitment & selection?
Recruitment and selection is the process of attracting, assessing, and appointing the right professional for a permanent position within your organization. This goes beyond recruitment alone. Where recruitment often revolves around finding candidates, recruitment and selection focuses on the complete match: person, role, team, and context.
At Public Support Search, we focus – in addition to the right knowledge and experience – primarily on the collaboration between executive and assistant. Because in these positions, trust is decisive for success.
In these roles, our support professionals make the difference
Interim communication specialist
Interim secretary
Interim Project Secretary
Executive Assistant
First contact with Public Support Search
As a client, you will initially meet one of our consultants. They work throughout the country, know the region, and the fields in which we are active. During the first conversation, you will look together at the needs of your organization or team. The consultant then searches for the right professional, someone who truly fits.
Work with your Heart
Work with your Heart stands for doing what you do from a place of genuine commitment. Our professionals work every day toward a more beautiful Netherlands. With a heart for socially relevant organizations and the business sector. We believe that job satisfaction arises from good communication: listening, helping where possible, and having fun. In this way, we create a pleasant collaboration and an impact that goes beyond the work itself.
That is working with your heart.
How can we help you?
Whether you are looking for information, advice, support, or an answer to any other question, we are ready to assist you.
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